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If Pud Galvin were still alive, he’d be 151-years old today. Unfortunately, he died when he was 45.
Other baseball players born on this day are Jo-Jo Moore, Nellie Fox, Al Jackson, Gene Lamont, Manny Trillo, Rickey Henderson, Hideki Okajima, and Willy Taveras.

Welcome to the club that Pud Galvin started. Tom Glavine recently earned his 300th career win, placing him only 64 wins behind Pud Galvin, who is fifth on the all-time wins list. Glavine’s last name is also similar to Galvin’s.
Pud Galvin was the first pitcher in Major League history to earn 300 […]

Last season, Roger Clemens earned 7 wins, bringing his career total to 348, and placing him 8th on the all-time wins list. Yesterday, the free agent announced he will be rejoining the New York Yankees for the remainder of the 2007 season, giving him an opportunity to continue climbing the career wins ladder.
A […]

Once again, on “The Dan Patrick Show”, Keith Olbermann credited Pud Galvin as the first professional athlete to use steroids. Galvin is known to have taken animal hormones toward the end of his career, way back in 1888.
Olbermann referred to what many call “the steroid era,” as “the human growth era.” Although […]

On this day in 1965, Pud Galvin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY by the Committee on Baseball Veterans. He was the only player to be inducted that year.

This year, it took 409 votes to become elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn got in easily, with both players receiving over 530 votes. However, the results at the bottom of the list deserve some attention too. For example, are there really six people who believe […]

While millions of people around the world are celebrating Christmas, today also marks the 150th anniversary of Pud Galvin’s birth.
Pud shares his birthday with fellow Hall of Famer Nellie Fox, future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, and Jesus.

Steroids have been involved with baseball way before Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds even picked up a bat. It turns out, steroids have been around the game since the late 1880s. In fact, the very first steroid user is said to be baseball’s first 300-game winner, Hall of famer, Pud Galvin.
Today on “The […]

If Pud Galvin pitched today, rather than in the late 1800s, would he be known as Jell-O Galvin?
James Francis Galvin earned the nickname “Pud” due to the amazing movement he put on the baseball, causing opposing hitter’s legs to look like pudding in the batter’s box. A pitcher with similar movement today is said […]

Looks like Pud Galvin is healthy and living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Of course, this Pud Galvin is a 3-month old Cairn terrier/Jack Russell Terrier, not the Hall of Fame pitcher.
A simple Google search led to the discovery of “Puddles”, as he’s sometimes called. His owner describes him as a friendly dog that […]